北宋长干寺圣感塔地宫形制成因初探

2008年发现的南京北宋长干寺圣感塔地宫形制为圆形竖穴土圹式,为目前发现宋代舍利塔地宫中所仅见,而与南北朝时期的早期佛塔地宫形制一致。通过全面梳理我国舍利塔地宫的发展脉络,以及南京长干寺自东吴开始的建塔历史,可以认为北宋长干寺圣感塔地宫独特形制的形成有两种可能性:其一是沿用六朝长干寺佛塔地宫,其二是北宋建塔过程中有意模仿南北朝时期的地宫形制。

A Causal Analysis of the Shape and Structure of the Underground Chamber of Shenggan Pagoda in Changgan Temple of the Northern Song Dynasty

The underground chamber of Shenggan Pagoda,which was unearthed from the site of Changgan Temple of the Northern Song Dynasty in Nanjing in 2008,is a round and vertical earthen pit.It is the only case of such shape and structure among those Song pagodas discovered by now.However,it is similar to those of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.A review of the development of underground chambers of the Sarira pagodas in China and the history of Changgan Temple in Pagoda construction suggests two possibilities: Shenggan pagoda may have kept the underground chamber from the Six Dynasties time or it was an intentional imitation of that of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.